It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
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Verse 1
Darkness (A major) at the break of noon
(E major) Shadows even the silver spoon
The (D major) handmade blade, the child's balloon
(A major) Eclipses both the sun and moon
To (A minor) understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying (E major) (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (E major)
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Verse 2
Pointed (A major) threats, they bluff with scorn
(E major) Suicide remarks are torn
From the (D major) fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays (A major) wasted words
Proves to warn that (A minor) he not busy being born
Is busy (E major) dying (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (E major)
Verse 3
Temp (A major) tation's page flies out the door
You (E major) follow, find yourself at war
Watch (D major) waterfalls of pity roar
You (A major) feel to moan but unlike before
You dis (A minor) cover that you'd just be
One more person crying (E major) (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (E major)
Chorus 1
So don't (E major) fear if you hear (B major)
A foreign (E major) sound to your ear (A major)
(E major) It's (B major) al (A major) right, (B major) Ma,
I'm only sighing (E major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major)
(E major) (E major) (E major) (E major)
Verse 4
As some (A major) warn victory, some downfall
(E major) Private reasons great or small
Can be (D major) seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all (A major) that should be killed to crawl
While others (A minor) say don't hate nothing at all
Except ha (E major) tred (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (E major)
Verse 5
Disillusioned (A major) words like bullets bark
As (E major) human gods aim for their mark
Made (D major) everything from toy guns that spark
To (A major) flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
(A minor) It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much is really sa (E major) cred (G major)
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Verse 6
While (A major) preachers preach of evil fates
(E major) Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can (D major) lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness (A major) hides behind its gates
But even the (A minor) president of the United States
Sometimes must have to stand naked (E major) (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (E major)
Chorus 2
An' though the rules (E major) of the road
have been (B major) lodged
It's only people's (E major) games
that you got to (A major) dodge
And (E major) it's (B major) al (A major) right, (B major) Ma, I can (E major) make it
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (E major)
Verse 7
Advertising (A major) signs that con (E major) you
Into thinking you're the one
That (D major) can do what's never been done
That (A major) can win what's never been won
Meantime (A minor) life outside goes on
All a (E major) round you (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (E major) (E major)
Verse 8
You lose (A major) yourself, you reappear
You (E major) suddenly find you got nothing to fear
(D major) Alone you stand with nobody near
When a (A major) trembling distant voice, unclear
(A minor) Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
they really found (E major) you (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (E major)
Verse 9
A question (A major) in your nerves is lit
Yet you (E major) know there is
no answer fit to satisfy (D major)
Insure you not to quit
To keep it (A major) in your mind and not fergit
That it is (A minor) not he or she or them or it
That you belong (E major) to (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major) (E major)
Chorus 3
Although the masters (E major) make the (B major) rules
For the wise (E major) men and the (A major) fools
(E major) I (B major) got (A major) nothing, (B major) Ma, to live up (E major) to (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
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Verse 10
For them (A major) that must obey authority
That they (E major) do not respect in any degree
Who despise (D major) their jobs, their destinies
(A major) Speak jealously of them that are free
(A minor) Do what they do just to be
nothing more than something
they invest (E major) in (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major) (E major)
Verse 11
While some (A major) on principles baptized
To (E major) strict party platform ties
Social (D major) clubs in drag disguise
Outsiders (A major) they can freely criticize
Tell (A minor) nothing except who to idolize
And then say God bless (E major) him (G major)
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Verse 12
While one (A major) who sings with his tongue on fire
(E major) Gargles in the rat race choir
Bent (D major) out of shape from society's pliers
(A major) Cares not to come up any higher
But (A minor) rather get you down
in the hole that he's (E major) in (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major) (E major)
Chorus 4
But I mean no (E major) harm nor put (B major) fault
On (E major) anyone that lives in a (A major) vault
But (E major) it's (B major) al (A major) right, (B major) Ma, if I can't (E major) please him
(E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (E major) (E major) (E major) (E major)
Verse 13
Old lady (A major) judges watch people in pairs
(E major) Limited in sex, they dare
To push (D major) fake morals, insult and stare
While (A major) money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, (A minor) who really cares
Propaganda, all is
phony (E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major) (E major)
Verse 14
While them (A major) that defend what they cannot see
With a (E major) killer's pride, security
It blows (D major) the minds most bitterly
For (A major) them that think death's honesty
Won't (A minor) fall upon them naturally
Life sometimes must get lonely (E major) (G major) (E major) (G major)
(E major) (E major)
Verse 15
My eyes (E major) collide head-on
with stuffed (A major) graveyards
False gods, I scuff
At (E major) pettiness which plays so rough
Walk (D major) upside-down inside handcuffs
(A major) Kick my legs to crash it off
Say okay (A minor) I have had enough
What else can you show (E major) me (G major)
(E major) (G major) (E major)
Chorus 5
And if my (E major) thought-dreams could be seen (B major)
They'd probably put my (E major) head in a (A major) guillotine
But (E major) it's (B major) al (A major) right, (B major) Ma, it's life, and life on (E major) ly
(E major)
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Bob Dylan
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